MSCI (MSCI)
MSCI is a finance company that offers a variety of products, who have recently seen earnings upgrades from Raymond James. They have beat all 4 of their last earnings calls and currently the average analyst rating is a Strong Buy with a 22% average upside. What makes MSCI such an interesting stock right now is the 0.8 PEG as we really don’t see a lot of PEG ratio’s under 1 these days, indicating that it may be undervalued despite it’s PE of 39.
Insiders are loading up on MSCI right now amid its impressive earnings growth history, and we have it rated it a Buy with a 5% upside over this next year. We have MSCI as a medium risk, high reward security.
Amphenol (APH)
Up 112% over the past year, Amphenol have beat their last 5 earnings calls in succession and their stock still holds a Buy rating on average among analysts. While it does have a valuation on the high side with a 39 PE, its forecasted 34% earnings growth over the next year give it a fairly attractive PEG ratio of 1.1 when compared to the S&P’s average PEG of ~2.
We are seeing lots of insiders selling their shares right now, introducing some risk alongside the valuation – but given the earnings trajectory and overwhelming number of upwards earnings revisions; we have put APH as a medium risk, high reward stock and have rated it a Buy with an 8% 1-year forecast.
Meta (META)
At 26, Meta stock has a valuation a little on the higher side of it’s historical average of 23. Meta has beat their last 4 earnings calls and analysts are rating it a Strong Buy on average with a 30% one-year upside. But the best part, META’s EPS is forecasted to increase over 33% in the next year which gives it one of the best PEG ratio’s in the Mag 7: an incredibly attractive 0.8.
With a reasonable valuation and strong earnings forecasts – we have put Meta as medium risk, medium reward stock and rate it as a Strong Buy with a +17% one year forecast.
